Hunting for His EX-Wife

After leaving the Russell mansion, Rose went straight back to Shadewoods Villa. The owner of the villa was Valentin, and since Elliot had found her previous location, she had nowhere else to go but here for now. Once she arrived at the villa, Rose removed her holographic projection and revealed her true face.

Valentin’s eyes lit up as he saw her and he eagerly greeted her. “Mrs. Russell, you’re back!”

Rose responded with a simple “Hmm,” then headed straight towards Sean who was sitting on the couch.

“Mommy, did you find anything?” Sean asked worriedly as he looked at his mother across from him. He was concerned that they wouldn’t be able to find anything that could save his uncle.Property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Rose pursed her lips before speaking about what she heard while at the Russell mansion. “The surveillance should be with Elliot, so it might be difficult to obtain it if it’s true.”

After a moment of silence from Sean, he couldn’t help but ask, “Mommy, should we ask Khalil for help?” He thought that if Khalil could get involved and hack into their father’s computer system they might have a chance of obtaining the surveillance footage.

However, Rose shook her head in disagreement. “Right now our priority is finding a way to rescue your sister.”

Sean’s eyes lit up upon hearing this statement; suddenly an idea popped into his mind – one which he knew his mother would never agree with…

So instead of saying anything about it; all Sean did was nod in agreement silently.

That night when everyone else had gone off to bed; Sean took advantage of this opportunity by sending Leah a message.

“Mommy has entered into the Russell mansion looking for clues about how we can save Uncle… She overheard something regarding surveillance footage being in Dad’s possession… Can you try stealing it?”

“Mommy entered into the Russell mansion to search for clues and ultimately overheard the footage that could prove Uncle’s innocent was at the hands of our scumbag father. Can you figure out a way to steal it right now?”

Leah replied quickly, “I’ll try my best.”

That evening, after pretending to be asleep and tricking the housekeeper, Leah sneaked her way into Elliot’s room. Normally, that deadbeat dad didn’t return until ten, and it wasn’t even nine yet. She had a whole hour.

Leah searched high and low inside and outside Elliot’s room, but found nothing. In the end, she paused in front of a pair of small clay figurines on the desk.

Leah reached out and gently touched the pair of little clay figures, feeling a mix of emotions inside.

Mommy must have really liked Daddy before.

But why were these things Mommy made still being kept in scumbag dad’s room?

Could it be…

Scumbag dad really likes Mommy?

Leah blinked her eyes and felt that her guess was right!

Ever since she arrived at that deadbeat dad’s place, many things he said indicated that his feelings for Mommy weren’t as they had thought before. Moreover, if he didn’t like Mommy, why would he still keep the clay figurines she made all this time? And why leave them on the table in his bedroom?

After pondering for a while, the little one suddenly had a thought cross her mind.

Scumbag dad must regret it!

He regreted what he did before that hurt mommy!

Just then, the light in the room suddenly turned on and Leah was startled stiff.

The next second, an unhappy voice came from near the door.

“What are you doing here?”

Elliot had planned to come back early and rest. He didn’t expect that as soon as he pushed open the door, he saw this little girl standing in his room staring at his table.

Leah stood frozen for several seconds before immediately putting on a pitiful look and turning her head towards Elliot with grievances.

“I… I’m scared sleeping alone.”

Elliot raised an eyebrow slightly when hearing this. His tone softened unconsciously when speaking again, “Where is your nanny?”

He had arranged for someone to take care of this little one’s daily life but why couldn’t he see that person now?

The little girl pouted pitifully and said, “That nanny has no experience; she doesn’t know how to coax me into sleep. Besides… besides I don’t like her coaxing me into sleep.”

Elliot pursed his lips together, as he looked at this pitiful young girl standing before him; there was deepening color within his eyes.

He could clearly sense that this young girl’s attitude towards him wasn’t as tough as before.

It seemed like all children were afraid of darkness but even more so afraid of sleeping alone.

Thinking up till here caused Elliot’s eyebrows raise slightly; staring seriously at Leah who stood right before him with an almost imperceptible smile playing around his lips.

“So what do you want?”

The little girl pouted pitifully and walked up to Elliot, grabbing onto his clothes. “I want a new nanny,” she said with big, watery eyes that tugged at the heartstrings.

Elliot couldn’t help but find her adorable, but he also couldn’t forget her behavior at the company earlier today. He knew he would need her for his upcoming collaboration with RH, so he decided to go along with her request.

Looking down at the small figure in front of him, Elliot replied calmly, “Sure.”

The little girl’s face lit up in a happy smile that made her eyes crinkle adorably. She looked up at her father’s handsome face and noticed a softness there that made him even more attractive.

Suddenly an idea popped into her head. Maybe she could try to get Mommy and Daddy back together! It was bold, but she wanted to give it a shot.